Long COVID the Answers

Professor Danny Altmann is a Professor of Immunology at Imperial College London in the UK. In this interview, Professor Altmann will describe the functional changes in the body that occur with Long COVID.

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immunology of long COVID. Nature Reviews Immunology. 2023

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Poinasamy K, Raman B, Shikotra A, Singapuri A. Cohort profile:

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of Epidemiology. 2024 Feb 1;53(1):dyad165.

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Professor Danny Altmann is a professor of Immunology at Imperial College London in the UK. In this interview, Professor Altmann defines Long COVID.

Research Articles:

1. Altmann DM, Whettlock EM, Liu S, Arachchillage DJ, Boyton RJ. The

immunology of long COVID. Nature Reviews Immunology. 2023

Oct;23(10):618-34.

2. Elneima O, McAuley HJ, Leavy OC, Chalmers JD, Horsley A, Ho LP, Marks M,

Poinasamy K, Raman B, Shikotra A, Singapuri A. Cohort profile:

post-hospitalisation COVID-19 (PHOSP-COVID) study. International Journal

of Epidemiology. 2024 Feb 1;53(1):dyad165.

3. Scheppke KA, Pepe PE, Jui J, Crowe RP, Scheppke EK, Klimas NG, Marty AM.

Remission of severe forms of long COVID following monoclonal antibody

(MCA) infusions: A report of signal index cases and call for targeted

research. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2024 Jan

1;75:122-7.